Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky

Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on identity, vulnerability, resilience, grief, and reclaiming one’s story, it features intimate conversations with prominent cultural figures, authors, actors, comedians, and thinkers. Credible pitches include acclaimed writers, public intellectuals, performers, advocates, and experts with distinctive personal experiences or expertise related to trauma, culture, self-exploration, or resilience; booking difficulty is high because the show attracts established public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 84

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

YouTube: 87.0k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Monica Lewinsky - Writer, activist, producer, and public speaker known for her advocacy against bullying and her work examining public shaming, media culture, power, and resilience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established authors, actors, comedians, cultural critics, public intellectuals, and other recognized figures with meaningful personal stories or authoritative perspectives on identity, trauma, resilience, culture, power, or self-exploration.

Required Achievements:

Bestselling or critically acclaimed books, Major acting, comedy, or broadcast credits, Recognized cultural commentary, Notable memoirs or public advocacy, Prominent media or institutional platforms

Recent Guest Discussions

Chang-rae Lee - Immigration, Identity, Displacement, Belonging, Grief, Creative Freedom, And Autobiographical Fiction.

Allison Janney - Mentorship, Career Reinvention, Political Roles, Self-exploration, Friendship, And Grief.

Siri Hustvedt - Grief, Long-term Love, Widowhood, Writing, Female Hysteria, Misogyny, And Outspoken Womanhood.

Josh Johnson - Humor, Grief, Identity, Difference, Politics, Connection, And Uncomfortable Truths.

Roxane Gay - The Body, Feminism, Trauma, Sexual Violence, Survival, Power, Publishing, Politics, And Media.

Recent Topics

Self Discovery, Resilience, Trauma, Feminism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Priya Parker and Anand Giridharadas

September 08, 2026

Writers and couple Priya Parker and Anand Giridharadas join Monica this week on Reclaiming for an energized conversation about intentional gathering, healthy conflict, and building a shared intellectual life within their marriage. Priya explains how her new book, The Art of Fighting, explores the ways disagreement can deepen—rather than destroy—our sense of belonging. Anand discusses Man in the Mirror, his book that examines the fatal subway encounter between Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny, an...

RERUN: Alan Cumming

September 01, 2026

This week, we’re revisiting a conversation with Reclaiming’s very first guest, actor Alan Cumming. The Traitors, which Alan hosts, continues to soar in popularity, earning six Emmy nominations this year. Grounded in their longtime friendship, Alan opens up to Monica about how creativity helped him survive an abusive childhood. He reflects on the healing power of speaking openly about his trauma, how sharing his story has helped him move forward, and why he still wrestles with the fear of beco...

Sara Hirsh Bordo

August 25, 2026

This week Monica sits down with award-winning filmmaker, Women Rising founder, and author Sara Hirsh Bordo for a deeply personal conversation about chronic illness, self-silencing, and the hidden cost of being the “good girl.” Sara shares how her autoimmune diagnoses transformed her from documentarian into subject—and led her to write Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well. Drawing on her personal experience, original research now ...

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